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Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Cabinet approves Memorandum of Understanding between India and Australia for Technical Cooperation for Australia-India Water Security Initiative 
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, was apprised the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs , Government of India and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade , Government of Australia for Technical Cooperation in urban water management. The MoU has been signed in December, 2021.
MoU would reinforce bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the area of urban water security. It would strengthen institutional capacities at all levels for urban water management; improve accessibility, affordability & quality of water and sanitation services; promote circular economy of water & water secure cities; encourage climate resilient water management practices; enhance community participation in water management and improve social inclusion through initiatives for accessible infrastructure.
MoU will enable both sides to learn about technological advancements gained by two nations in key areas of urban water security and will promote exchange of learning, best practices and capacity building of institutions. This will help towards realisation of AatmaNirbhar Bharat.
Prime Minister's Office
PM praises skill development of youth through Welding Skill Training Programme
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi praised the skill development of youth through Welding Skill Training Programme by BHEL through the Welding Research Institute .
Responding to the tweet thread of Union Minister for Heavy Industries, Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, the Prime Minister tweeted;
“प्रशंसनीय पहल! युवाओं के कौशल को निखारने का यह प्रयास जहां उन्हें हुनरमंद बनाएगा, वहीं उनके लिए रोजगार के नए-नए अवसर भी लाएगा।”
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 144 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 17.21 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The nationwide COVID 19 vaccination started on 16th January 2021. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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VACCINE DOSES
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SUPPLIED
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1,44,00,62,975
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BALANCE AVAILABLE
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17,21,19,646
More than 144 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt of India  and through direct state procurement category.
More than 17.21 Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Campaign to promote Digital Life Certificate for Central Government pensioners was held in Serampore
Kolkata; November 23, 2022
As a part of nationwide campaign for promotion of Digital Life Certificate for the Central Government pensioners, an event to create awareness as well as to distribute DLC among the pensioners was held in Serampore, West Bengal today. The event was inaugurated and attended by Shri Jayant Mani , Regional Manager , RBO-2 Serampore , Shri Tarun Negi , AGM  , SBI, Local Head Office, Kolkata , Shri Deep Chakraborty , Chief Manager , SBI Serampore branch , Shri Prasun Hore , Assistant Manager , UIDAI , Shri Tarasankar Ghosh , Accounts Officer , DPDO and a large number of Pensioners. Next campaign shall be organised tomorrow on November 24, 2022 at State Bank of India, Howrah Branch , 9 G.T. Road  , Pin - 711101, West Bengal.
A total of 76,93,808 Digital Life Certificate  has been issued from October 01, 2022 to November 23, 2022 . Out of which, 4,25,973 DLC have been issued through Face Authentication. A total of 26,71,906 has been issued to the Central Government pensioners. The pensioners participated in the campaign enthusiastically. These pensioners were guided by the Department officials how to download the Face Authentication Jeevan Pramaan App in their mobile phones and give Life Certificate from their phones. The Life Certificate is generated within 60 seconds and a link was sent on the mobile phone from where it can be downloaded. This is a milestone leap into the Digital world taken by the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare, Government of India. Under Secretary, Shri Deepak Gupta explained that earlier to give Life Certificate in physical form the aged pensioners had to queue up for hours outside banks. Now, the same has been made possible at the click of a button from the comfort of their home.
In the process of submission of Life Certificate through Face Authentication by mobile, details regarding Aadhar Number, Mobile Number for OTP, PPO Number, Account Number with Bank/Post Office are required the first time. This facility is also available for State Government Employees and having Disbursing Authority as Treasury Office of the State.
The department is running the campaign throughout the month of November to submit the life certificate through face authentication. The central team has requested all the pensioners to visit the official YouTube channel of the department – DOPPW_INDIA OFFICIAL where two videos in Hindi and English have been uploaded explaining the process of submitting the Life Certificate through Face Authentication Technique in simple language.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Rehabilitation Of Child Labour
There is a complete prohibition of work or employment of children below 14 years in any occupation and process and adolescents in the age group of 14 to 18 years in hazardous occupations and processes under the Child and Adolescent Labour  [CALPR] Act, 1986. The Act also provides for stricter punishment of employers for violation of the Act and made the offence as cognizable. As per “Crime in India” a publication of National Crime Records Bureau, the number of cases registered during calendar year 2017 to 2021 under Child and Adolescent Labour  Act, 1986 in the country are annexed.
The Government is pursuing multipronged strategy to eliminate child labour and to rehabilitate them for which it has taken comprehensive measures which include legislative measures, rehabilitation strategy, providing right to free education and general socio-economic development. The Ministry of Labour & Employment has framed the Child and Adolescent Labour  Rules, 1988. The Rules inter -alia, provide for District Nodal Officer  and Task Force at district level under chairpersonship of District Magistrate to ensure that the provisions of the Act are properly enforced. It has also framed model State Action Plan enumerating action points to be taken by respective State Governments for eradication of child labour. Further the Ministry of Labour & Employment had been implementing National Child Labour Project  Scheme to provide bridge education to the rescued Child Labour. The scheme has now been subsumed under Samagara Shiksha Abhiyan  Scheme with effect from 01.04.2021.
Annexure
Number of cases registered under Child and Adolescent Labour  Act, 1986, Year -wise:
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Sl. No.
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Year
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Number of Cases Registered
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1
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2017
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462
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2
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2018
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464
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3
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2019
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772
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4
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2020
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476
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|
5
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2021
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613
Source: Crime in India, National Crime Records Bureau.
This information was given by Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Shri. Rameshwar Teli in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Defence
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh attends swearing-in ceremony of President-elect of Nigeria Mr Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh attended the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect of Nigeria Mr Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja on May 29, 2023. In addition to senior officials of Ministry of Defence, the Raksha Mantri’s delegation to Nigeria included top executives of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited  and Goa Shipyard Limited . These executives held a series of meetings with Nigerian military and Government representatives for identifying their requirements which can be fulfilled by the Indian Defence companies. B-to-B meetings were held with Nigerian companies for enhancing cooperation.
Besides high-level political representation from countries across the African continent, including several Heads of State, India was among the select non-African nations that were represented in the ‘swearing-in ceremony’ at Ministerial level, reflecting the high priority and strength of our bilateral relations with Nigeria.
Shri Rajnath Singh also had a brief meeting with the Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperative of Bangladesh Mr Md Tazul Islam who was also in Abuja to attend the swearing-in ceremony. The meeting was a testimony of the bonhomie between India and Bangladesh and the two leaders expressed the commitment of their respective Governments towards further expanding and strengthening the bilateral ties.
Prime Minister's Office
PM visits Surya Mandir in Modhera, Gujarat
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi visited the Surya Mandir in Modhera, Gujarat today. The Prime Minister was felicitated upon his arrival. Shri Modi inaugurated Heritage Lighting at Surya Mandir which makes it the first heritage site in India to be powered solely by solar energy. He also inaugurated the 3D Projection Mapping of Modhera Sun Temple. The Prime Minister also witnessed a cultural programme showcasing the history of the temple.
Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shri Bhupendra Patel, Member of Parliament, Shri C R Patil, Ministers of Gujarat Government, Shri Purneshbhai Modi and Shri Arvindbhai Raiyani accompanied the Prime Minister on his visit.
Earlier today, the Prime Minister had laid the foundation stone and dedicated multiple projects worth over Rs 3900 crore in Modhera, Mehsana in Gujarat. The Prime Minister also declared Modhera as India’s first 24x7 solar-powered village. Shri Modi also performed darshan and pooja at Modheshwari Mata Temple in Modhera, Gujarat.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh report high Daily New Cases
Over 6.3 cr vaccine doses administered across the country
Eight States, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh report a surge in the COVID daily new cases. 84.73% of the new cases are reported from these 8 states.
53,480 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours.
Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 27,918. It is followed by Chhattisgarh with 3,108 while Karnataka reported 2,975 new cases.
Ten States, as shown under, are displaying an upward trajectory in daily new cases.
India’s total Active Caseload has reached 5,52,566. It now comprises 4.55% of the country's total Positive Cases. A net incline of 11,846 cases recorded from the total active caseload in the last 24 hours.
Five states namely Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab and Chhattisgarh cumulatively account for 79.30% of the total active cases in the country. Maharashtra leads with more than 61% of the active caseload of the country.
On the other hand, more than 6.30 cr  vaccine doses have been administered through 10,46,757 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. These include 82,16,239 HCWs , 52,19,525 HCWs , 90,48,417 FLWs  and 37,90,467 FLWs , 73,52,957  and 6,824  beneficiaries aged more than 45 years with specific co-morbidities and 2,93,71,422  and 48,502  beneficiaries aged more than 60 years.
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HCWs
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FLWs
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45 to <60 years with Co-morbidities
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Over 60 years
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Total
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1st Dose
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2nd Dose
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1st Dose
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2nd Dose
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1st Dose
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2nd dose
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1st Dose
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2nd Dose
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82,16,239
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52,19,525
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90,48,417
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37,90,467
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73,52,957
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6,824
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|
2,93,71,422
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48,502
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|
6,30,54,353
As on Day-74 of the vaccination drive , total 19,40,999 vaccine doses were given. Out of which, 17,77,637 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 39,666 sessions for 1st dose and 1,63,632 beneficiaries received 2nd dose of vaccine.
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Date: 30th March,2021
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HCWs
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FLWs
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|
45 to < 60 years with Co-morbidities
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Over 60 years
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Total Achievement
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1stDose
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2ndDose
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1stDose
|
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2nd Dose
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1stDose
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2ndDose
|
|
1stDose
|
|
2ndDose
|
|
1stDose
|
|
2ndDose
|
|
41,323
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|
30,778
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|
1,03,675
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|
79,246
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|
4,80,474
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|
6,419
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|
11,52,165
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|
46,919
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|
17,77,637
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|
1,63,362
India’s cumulative recoveries stand at 1,14,34,301 today. The national Recovery Rate is 94.11%.
41,280 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.
354 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.
Six States account for 82.20% of the new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties . Punjab follows with 64 daily deaths.
Fourteen States/UTs have not reported any COVID19 deaths in the last 24 hours. These are Rajasthan, Assam, Odisha, Ladakh , D&D & D&N, Manipur, Tripura, Sikkim, Lakshadweep, Meghalaya, Mizoram, A&N Islands, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Financial support to Unorganised Sector
The Government had announced Rs 1.70 Lakh Crore ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana’ relief package on 26.03.2020 to help the poor in the fight against Corona Virus. Government has also taken various measures under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana . Some of these are as follows:
- Under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana , 5 kg wheat or rice and 1kg of preferred pulses for free every month for three months; the PMGKAY scheme was extended till the end of November 2020.
- An ex-gratia of Rs. 500 per month for three months for women Jan Dhan account holders.
- Increase in MNREGA wage to Rs. 202 a day from Rs. 182 to benefit 13.62 crore families.
- An ex-gratia of Rs. 1,000 to 3 crore poor senior citizen, poor widows and poor disabled.
The Government is providing fiscal stimulus of more than rupees twenty seven lakh crore as part of the Aatmanirbhar financial Package. Aatmanirbhar Bharat package comprises of various long term schemes/ programmes/ policies for making the country self-reliant and to create employment opportunities for all the sectors and regions including Tamil Nadu.
Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana  Scheme has been launched to incentivize creation of new employment alongwith social security benefits and restoration of loss of employment during COVID-19 pandemic. This scheme being implemented through the Employees Provident Fund Organisation  reduces the financial burden of the employers of various sectors/industries including MSMEs and encourages them to hire more workers. Under ABRY, the Government of India is crediting for a period of two years, both the employees’ share  and employers share’  of contribution payable or only the employees’ share, depending on employment strength of the EPFO registered establishments.
PM-SVANidhi Scheme has facilitated collateral free working capital loan upto Rs.10,000/- for one-year tenure to street vendors, to resume their businesses.
Central Government has given directions to State Governments to use the Building and Construction Workers Welfare Fund to provide relief to Construction Workers.
Government has earmarked an additional Rs. 40,000 crore under MGNREGS to generate nearly 300 crore person days in total addressing need for more work including returning migrant workers
In addition, RBI and Government of India have introduced measures to infuse liquidity in the economy to sustain the market economy and raise the level of employment.
This information was given by Minister of State  for Labour & Employment Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Research programs by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to develop Hydrogen as fuel source
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, under its Renewable Energy Research and Technology Development  programme, has been supporting projects at academic and research institutions and industry for development of hydrogen technologies. The Department of Science and Technology is also supporting R&D projects for Hydrogen.
This information was given by Shri R.K Singh, Union Minister for Power and New and Renewable Energy in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Department of Space
India’s heaviest communication satellite GSAT-11 launched successfully from French Guiana
Indian Space Research Organisation’s  heaviest and most-advanced high throughput communication satellite GSAT-11 was successfully launched from the Spaceport in French Guiana during the early hours today.
The launch vehicle Ariane 5 VA-246 lifted off from Kourou Launch Base, French Guiana at 02:07 am  carrying India’s GSAT-11 and South Korea’s GEO-KOMPSAT-2A satellites, as scheduled. Ariane 5 is one of three launch vehicles operated by Arianespace along with Soyuz and Vega.
After a 30-min flight, GSAT-11 separated from the Ariane 5 upper stage in an elliptical Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit. The achieved orbit was very close to the intended one.
The 5,854-kg GSAT-11 will provide high data rate connectivity to users of Indian mainland and islands through 32 user beams in Ku-band and 8 hub beams in Ka-band.
“GSAT-11 will boost the broadband connectivity to rural and inaccessible Gram Panchayats in the country coming under the Bharat Net Project, which is part of Digital India Programme,” ISRO Chairman Dr K Sivan said.
The Bharat Net Project aims to enhance the public welfare schemes like e-banking, e-health, e-governance among others.
He said GSAT-11 will act as a forerunner to all future high throughput communication satellites. “Today’s successful mission has boosted the confidence of the entire team,” Dr Sivan added.
Post-separation, ISRO's Master Control Facility at Hassan in Karnataka took over the command and control of GSAT-11 and found its health parameters normal.
The scientists will undertake phase-wise orbit-raising manoeuvres in the days ahead to place the satellite in the Geostationary Orbit  using its on-board propulsion systems. GSAT-11 will be positioned at 74-degree east longitude in the geostationary orbit.
Subsequently, the two solar arrays and four antenna reflectors of GSAT-11 will be deployed in orbit. The satellite will be operational after the successful completion of all in-orbit tests.
In the last 21 days, ISRO successfully completed three satellite and two launch vehicle missions.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
50 million EXIM containers handled under Logistic Data Bank project
Shri Piyush Goyal congratulates NLDSL team for achieving a landmark milestone of tracking and tracing 50 million EXIM Containers
NLDSL-NICDC Logistics Data Bank’s LDB Project has achieved a milestone of handling 50 million EXIM containers since its inception six years ago.
Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, Shri Piyush Goyal congratulated the entire team of NLDSL for achieving the milestone.
Sh. Amrit Lal Meena, Chairman NLDSL, said that NLDSL is striving to make the LDB project a hallmark of Logistic development in India in line with the objectives of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ and ‘Make in India’ initiative.
LDB was conceived as one of the smart community projects between India and Japan during the initial stages of planning of Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor project. LDB handles 100% per cent of India’s EXIM container volume. It uses RFID technology through Internet of Things , Big Data and Cloud-based solution to provide real-time tracking of EXIM container movement in India.
The LDB system has contributed in improving India’s rank in the benchmarking tool of the World Bank i.e. Logistics Performance Index  and Ease of Doing Business  to help countries identify the challenges and opportunities in trade logistics. LDB has led to improve the key components of logistics which include customs performance, infrastructure quality, logistics service quality, consignments tracking and tracing, timeliness of shipments and Trading Across Border  which is primarily the relevant parameter for cross-border trade.
Currently, LDB Pan India coverage integrates17 Ports  , 170 CFSs & ICDs , 60 Toll Plazas , 03 ICPs , 09 SEZs  and 5800 railway stations .
LDB Project has been leveraged to develop Unified Logistics Interface Platform . The ULIP has been conceptualized with the vision of “PM GatiShakti” which aims at breaking individual silos, promote integration among various Ministries/Departments and create a single window thus bringing efficiency and transparency in the logistics industry and thus making India cost competitive and ‘Atmanirbhar’ in the logistics sector. ULIP has been integrated with 27 systems of seven different ministries through 102 APIs, covering more than 1600 fields successfully.
Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Women MSMEs Entrepreneurs
The number of women entrepreneurs registered under Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum  and Udyam Registration  portal of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, year-wise, during the period 01/04/2019 to 02/02/2022 is given in Annexure.
Udyam Sakhi portal was launched in March 2018 to provide information regarding financial schemes, policies and programmes of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises to existing/prospective women entrepreneurs in the MSME sector. The portal helps women to start, build and grow their businesses. A total of 3152 women have registered on the portal so far.
Through an amendment to the Public Procurement Policy, the Government has mandated that all Central Ministries/ Departments and Public Sector Undertakings should procure at least 3% of their annual procurement from women owned micro and small enterprises. The Ministry also implements several other schemes for promotion and development of MSMEs, including women owned MSMEs, namely, Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme , Micro and Small Enterprises Cluster Development Programme , Tool Rooms & Technology Centres, Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries , Procurement and marketing Support Scheme, Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Programme , Credit Linked Capital Subsidy and Technology Upgradation Scheme  etc.
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MSMEs owned by women, registered under UAM from 01/04/2019 to 31/03/2020
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Micro
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|
Small
|
|
Medium
|
|
Total
|
|
498635
|
|
50738
|
|
1366
|
|
550739
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MSMEs owned by women registered under UAM from 01/04/2020 to 30/06/2020
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|
Micro
|
|
Small
|
|
Medium
|
|
Total
|
|
152512
|
|
28237
|
|
1073
|
|
181822
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MSMEs owned by women under Udyam Registration from 01/07/2020 to 31/03/2021
|
|
Micro
|
|
Small
|
|
Medium
|
|
Total
|
|
473333
|
|
16663
|
|
1073
|
|
491069
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MSMEs owned by women under Udyam Registration from 01/04/2021 to 02/02/2022
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|
Micro
|
|
Small
|
|
Medium
|
|
Total
|
|
692034
|
|
15989
|
|
633
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|
708656
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
This information was given by Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Narayan Rane in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.